Goods-rack



(No Model.)

J. BANNER.

GOODS RACK.

No. 349,212. P-

tented Sept. 14, 1886.

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NITED' STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN DANNER, OF CANTON, OHIO.

GOODS-RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 349,212, datedSeptember 14:, 1886.

7 Application filed January 23, 1886. Serial No. 189,456.

T0 at whom, it 17mg concern: 7

Be it known that I, JOHN BANNER, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Canton, county of Stark, State of Ohio, have invented a newand useful Improvement in GoodsRaek s, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, -making part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvementsin goods-racks; and it consists inproviding a portable rack adapted to support a series of shelvesforbooks or merchandise, and that is provided with projecting pins or armsadapted to'support bolts of goods for exposition or other purposes, andthat may be taken down and folded together for conveniencein storingwhen not in use or for packing for transportation.

My invention also relates to and consists in the detail and combinationof parts, as described, and set forth in the claims.

Figure 1 is a View in perspective of my improved goods-rack, showing therack as partly occupied by bolts of goods and shelves of books andgroceries, and partly unoccupied, showing the supporting-pins. Fig. 2 issame view of the rack empty and partly folded. Fig. 3 is a view .of therack folded as when not in use or for transportation. Figs. 4 is a viewof a frag ment of the frame, showing the upper end with hinges attached.Fig. 5 is a fragment of the pinsupporting strip and pin, enlarged.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all of thefigures of the drawings.

The rack A is composed of two frames,B and B, connected at their upperends by hinges, the other end formed into legs or feet, which, when therack is in use, rest on the floor. The side bars,O, of the frames B andB may be of wood one inch thick and three inches wide, united bycross-bars I), placed one at the upper end of the frame, and to whichthe hinges a may be applied, and one near the bottom. Said bars may beof such size and number as may be required, preferably two and aboutoneand one-halfinch wide and oneinch thick; or, if desired, the spacebetween the side bars, 0, may be closed with board-work in panels orother forms of finish. On the face of the barsCthere is provided afacing-strip, E, of about one and (No model.)

one-half inch in width and about one inch thick,and may be of the fulllength of the frame or shorter, as maybe required,and may be providedwith aseries of perforations, b, of about five-sixteenths of an inch indiameter and of such distance apart, as desired, and to correspond inthis measurement. Said strips are secured to the face of the sidebars,O, by hinges e, (see Fig. 2,) and may stand out edgewise or at a rightangle with the face of the side bar,

0, orbefolded downupon the face of the bar,as shown in Fig.2. Thesupporting-pins (1 may be of any suitable material, preferably of steelor stiff brass, and may be polished or plated, if desired. Said pin hasformed on one of its ends a countersunk head, 0, the pin and headadapted to the countersink, and perforations b to place the pins inposition. The strips E may be folded down on the face of the side bar,C, as shown in Fig. 2, and the pins passed into the perforations, asshown in Fig. 5, and when so placed at such intervals as may be desiredthe strip E maybe turned out, as shown in Fig.

1, and secured in position by the hook f or 7 5 other fastening, andwhen so fixed the head of the pin will rest in the countersink in thestrip E and against the side bar, 0, or the hinged strip E may beprovided with other means of supporting the pin 01 instead of theperforations liereinbefore mentioned. The stay-rods h may be pivotallyconnected by one of their ends to the side bars, 0, of the frame B, asshown in i Fig. 2. The other end is formed into a hook, k, that maycatch over a pin or into a sta 8 5 ple, Z, on the side bars, 0, of theframe B, to support the rack when in use, or may be turned up, as shown,by the dotted lines m, Figs. 2 and 3. In Fig. 1 is shown a few of theuses to which this invention is adapted in the exhibition of bolts ofgoods, a shelf of books, and a case of groceries. The shelves M and Nmay be of a variety of forms and are removable, and when on the framesare held in position by the rings or staples n,provided on the underside of the shelf, and through. which the pins pass. Said rings alsoform feet for the shelf to rest upon when reinov ed from the frame andplaced on a counter or elsewhere. The shelves may be provided withfolding backs or ends and may be provided with a glass or othercovering. The number of the pins d may be varied and so placed in thestrips 0 as to adapt the rack to the required use, and may be moved fromone perforation to another byfoldingthe stri p over on its side, asshown in Fig. 2, when the pins may be moved out of and into theperforations, as desired, and will be held in position when the strip isagain turned back into position, as shown in Fig. 1, and secured by thehook f.

To fold the rack for convenience in storage or transportation, removethe shelves, fold in the pin-strips, raise the stay-rods, as shown bythe dotted lines, and fold the rack, as shown in Fig. 3.

Having thus fully described the nature and object of my invention, whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A goods-rack consisting, essentially, of tworectangularframeshingedtogether at theirupper ends, each of said frameshaving strips hinged to the front face thereof, and devices projectingfrom said strips for supporting the articles, substantially as setforth.

2. The combination, with two rectangular frames hinged together at theirupper ends, each of said frames being provided with the strips E, thelatter being hinged to the frames and provided with projecting devicesfor supporting the goods orshelves, ot'hooks or equivalent fasteningdevices for locking the frames in open adjustment, substantially as setforth.

3. I 11 a goods-rack, tl 1e frames B and B, hinged together, asdescribed, having side bars, 0, provided with thepertorated strips E,hinged thereto, the outward]y-projeeting removable pins (Z as a supportfor shelves, show-cases, bolts of JOHN D A NNEH.

Witnesses:

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